Judge won't reinstate Yorktown teen suspended for pot

8:34 PM,
Feb. 12, 2013

Written by

Robert Marchant

The three-month suspension given to a Yorktown High School freshman for taking a marijuana cigarette to school is damaging the honor student's education, according to court papers.

But at a hearing Monday, a federal judge declined to take immediate action and reinstate her. District spokeswoman Karli Wheeler wrote in an email that the judge denied the student's request for a preliminary injunction.

The 14-year-old freshman says her grades have fallen off and she has become so glum that she forgot to feed her two pet goldfish, who died, according to court papers filed on her behalf. ...